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ragi

/ˈɹɑːɡi/

ragi noun: a grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.

ragi: a grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia;...
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Noun (1)

ragi (uncountable)

  1. A grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.
    Synonyms:
    African finger millet, caracan millet, finger millet, coracan, koracan

Noun (2)

ragi (uncountable)

  1. A type of yeast traditionally used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, now identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
    • Pound 5 kg of round ragi (yeast) and 5 pieces of thinly sliced ragi into powder. Mix ragi into cooled rice.2005, Malaysia at Random, Didier Millet, page 30
    • It is made from cooked gelatinised rice and red pulverised ragi (yeast cake or jui-piang) and fermented for up to 30 days at 25°C.2010, M.J. Robert Nout, Kofi E. Aidoo, 2: Asian Fungal Fermented Food, Martin Hofrichter (volume editor), Karl Esser (editor), The Mycota, Volume X: Industrial Applications, page 49
    Synonyms:
    ragi yeast

ragi meaning in Tamil and Punjabi

ragi in Tamil

கேழ்வரகு

ragi in Punjabi

ragi
ਰਾਗੀ rāgī

Synonyms of ragi

All synonyms of ragi

Forms of ragi

alternative formragee
alternative formraggee
alternative formraggy
alternative formragy

Origin of ragi

Borrowed from Hindi रागी (rāgī).

From Malay ragi (“fermenting medium, yeast”), from an Indian language such as Hindi रागी (rāgī, “finger millet”), since finger millet can be fermented. See Etymology 1.

Questions about ragi

What does ragi mean?
Ragi means a grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.
What is ragi in Tamil?
Ragi in Tamil is கேழ்வரகு. See Ragi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ragi?
Ragi is a noun.
How do you pronounce ragi?
Ragi is pronounced /ˈɹɑːɡi/.

Words near ragi in the dictionary

  1. Raghunath
  2. Raghupati
  3. Raghuraj
  4. Raghuvamsa
  5. Raghuvar
  6. ragi
  7. ragia
  8. ragias
  9. ragier
  10. ragiest
  11. Ragin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ragi (page history and authors); ragi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰਾਗੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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